A suburban watershed can be divided into 3 sub-catchments, with 40% of area covered by paved surface (CN = 98), 15% of area covered by business districts (CN = 88), and the remaining area covered by lawns and parks (CN = 61). Considering the entire watershed for simple storm-runoff analysis, the average composite curve number is about A. CN=80 B. CN=82 C. CN=83 D. CN=86
A suburban watershed can be divided into 3 sub-catchments, with 40% of area covered by paved surface (CN = 98), 15% of area covered by business districts (CN = 88), and the remaining area covered by lawns and parks (CN = 61). Considering the entire watershed for simple storm-runoff analysis, the average composite curve number is about A. CN=80 B. CN=82 C. CN=83 D. CN=86
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A suburban watershed can be divided into 3 sub-catchments, with 40% of area covered by paved surface (CN = 98), 15% of area covered by business districts (CN = 88), and the remaining area covered by lawns and parks (CN = 61). Considering the entire watershed for simple storm-runoff analysis, the average composite curve number is about
A. CN=80
B. CN=82
C. CN=83
D. CN=86
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Step 1: Calculation of the weighted CN
To find the average composite curve number (CN) for the entire watershed, you need to calculate a weighted average of the CN values for the three sub-catchments based on the percentage of each sub-catchment area.
Here's how you can calculate it:
Calculate the weighted CN for each sub-catchment:
For the paved surface (40% of the area) with , the weighted CN is
.
For the business districts (15% of the area) with , the weighted CN is
.
For the lawns and parks (45% of the area) with , the weighted CN is
.
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